Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new transit funding bill on Tuesday. Illinois lawmakers passed a compromise bill to fund public transit in October, delivering $1.5 billion in new funding for mass transit systems across the state, and creating a new governing body to oversee the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace in the Chicago area.

State leaders celebrate a $1.5 billion “transformation” bill aimed at preventing fare hikes and service cuts while modernizing transit through new oversight, redirected revenues, and increased regional tolls.

The real estate development nonprofit Reclaiming Chicago was named the recipient of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation’s 2025 Chicago Prize.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs physician-assisted suicide law for terminally ill patients, sparking outrage from religious and legal groups.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Sunday expressed horror at an attack that targeted a Jewish community gathering in Australia on Sunday, in which at least 16 people were killed.

A new Illinois law has allowed the Pritzker administration to address the state's current budget deficit by decoupling from tax benefits included in the "Big Beautiful Bill."

High-profile Democratic heavyweights, including Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker appear to be positioning themselves for 2028 at a major party summit.

The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced more than a dozen bills were enacted Friday.

Illinois courthouses are now off-limits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents hoping to make an immigration arrest. Pritzker signed a bill into law that bars immigration enforcement inside or within 1,000 feet of a courthouse building.

SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. JB Pritzker said he was "saddened beyond belief" by the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, which left 15 people dead and that he was "angry at those who stoke the embers of a fire that seems to continue to burn in the hearts of bigots everywhere."